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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,753 residents.
Where it does best is schools (B) — bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,741/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Essars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Essars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Essars with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Essars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Essars as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 1.5 mi away.
3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Essars.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 77% of 441 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Essars, 90.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Vaast PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Louis BlaringhemNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 406 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Albert DebeyreBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 162 | 92%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,860 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 7.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%). Degrees are held by 31% of adults. Ages in Essars split evenly at 45.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Essars | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 149 deaths in Essars from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 11% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,741/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Essars from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.85/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,741/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.6 violent offenses and 7.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 16 offenses reached the police record in Essars in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was family violence (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 46.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Essars. Best known first.
MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune1.7 km southwest, in BéthuneFortFortTour Saint-Ignace2.5 km southwest, in BéthuneFortFortEnceinte de Béthune2.5 km southwest, in BéthuneAttractionAttractionCimetière militaire du Touret4.5 km east, in RichebourgMuseumMuseumLab Labanque2.7 km southwest, in BéthunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Essars is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Essars yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Essars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. 98% of 406 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Louis Blaringhem in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,741/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Essars grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Essars is a commune of 1,753 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.